Appellate Body

I recently read something about the U.S. Judiciary Act of 1925 (the "Judges' Bill"). Here's an explanation: The so-called Judges' Bill of 1925 fundamentally redefined the Supreme Court's role within the federal judiciary by repealing much of the mandatory jurisdiction of

Steve Charnovitz 6 June 2019 This is a follow-up to my earlier post "The WTO Appellate Body Crisis - A Critique of the EU's Article 25 Proposal."  See <https://ielp.worldtradelaw.net/2019/06/the-wto-appellate-body-crisis-a-critique-of-the-eus-article-25-proposal.html>. Thanks to Tom Miles for posting the Draft

Steve Charnovitz 2 June 2019 Recent reports indicate that the EU is proposing to use Article 25 of the WTO's Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) to provide a temporary solution to the ongoing crisis in the Appellate Body of not having enough appellators to adjudicate appeals and to render

Here are the questions for discussion for what looks to be a great conference at the World Trade Institute this coming Friday: Questions posed to the panel on “Scope of and timeframe for appellate review” • Should the objectivity of factual findings of a panel be subject to appellate review? • Should

This is from the U.S. statement at the February 25 DSB meeting: • We also note that at least one Member has said that the United States should table its own proposal. The United States has made its views on these issues very clear: if WTO Members say that we

This communication from Honduras on the functioning of the Appellate Body is very helpful: 1  INTRODUCTION 1.1.  In furtherance of the communication dated 23 July 2018 and reiterating the importance of the Dispute Settlement System within the broader WTO framework, Honduras would like to address the issue of timelines

While I continued digging for more clues to the Appellate Body Reappointment saga, I found a few more interesting bits: 1. When the blockage was first announced, the US cited only three cases, i.e, DS 437, DS 449 & DS 453. However, at the May 23 DSB meeting, the